Judson's Discovery
As Judson got out of the SUV and walked up to the National Records building he wondered why he was even doing this, but he needed to know the truth. He opened the door and walked in to the large room and walked up to the main desk.
"Hi." Judson said to get the young women's attention.
"Hello what can I do for you?" She asked.
"I'm looking for a records of a Sarah Patterson and a Gabriel Patterson." Judson said.
"Okay just give me a couple of minutes. Are they related?" She inquired.
"Uh no." Judson said walking away from the desk and taking a seat over in the small sitting area.
He picked up a magazine and started to flip through its pages when he heard the young women
speak to tell him if she had found anything.
"Uh Sir. I found two folders' each as you requested. A Miss Sarah Patterson and a Mr. Gabriel Patterson." The women said handing the folders to Judson. "If you need to photocopy there's a photo coping machine over in the corner."
"Thank-you." Judson replied as he walked back over to the sitting area and sat back down. He opened Sarah's folder and read through the contents of the pages. It said that her name was Sarah Elizabeth Patterson and that her Aunt and Uncle, Paige and Joseph Patterson had raised her. She was 25 years of age and her birthday was December 9th, 1979.
"Okay nothing fishy there theirs lot's of Patterson's around." Judson mumbled to himself. As he opened Gabe's folder he looked though his folder and saw that his name was Gabriel Joseph Patterson and that his parent's names were William and Catherine Patterson. His birthday was "wait a minute." Judson said taking a deep breath and read the birth date that was printed on the paper December 9th, 1979.
Judson went back to Sarah's folder and carefully went back through the papers. He came across a document that he didn't remember seeing before. It was adoption documents. It read that Sarah Elizabeth Patterson was to live with her uncle and aunt her real fathers brother because of finical problems. That her biological parents were of the names William and Catherine Patterson and that she has three brothers Christian, Thedus and Gabriel and a sister Constance. It also said that Sarah didn't know of her older siblings and they didn't know about her. She didn't know that her mother and father were not her real parents. Gabriel Joseph Patterson and Sarah Elizabeth Patterson were not only brother and sister they were twins. Gabe being fifteen minutes older.
"Oh my god!" Judson said putting down the documents on the small coffee table, and leaned back on the small couch. He found out much more then he had bargained for that day as he picked up the documents and walked over to the photo coping machine and copied the pages for
Mac to read. He wasn't going to talk to Sarah but call her and Gabe's parents and see what had gone wrong and why they didn't know of each other's existence. He finished coping the papers and handed the real documents back in to the clerk at the desk and thanked her. He walked back out to the SUV and phoned Mac. The phone rang three time's before anyone answered.
"Hello." Sarah said.
"Hi." Judson said and thought back to what he had just found out and was sitting in an envelope on the passenger side seat. "I need to talk to Mac."
"Oh okay, hold on a sec." Sarah said as he heard the phone go on hold. A couple minutes later he heard Mac's oh so familiar voice on the other end.
"Hello." Mac said. "Where had you been all day, you've had me worried."
"You worried. I laugh, but wait you won't believe what I found out today." Judson said.
"What?" Mac asked with curiosity.
"You'll have to wait until I get back to the boat." Judson said as he hung up his cell and put it back in its holder on the dash.
"That was rude." Mac said as she hung up the phone and walked back to her room to finish the rest of the dive maps from their previous expedition.
As Judson walked up the gangplank and on to the boat the envelope tucked under his arm he yelled. "Mac I'm back."
"Tell me what did you find out?"
"Come down below deck." Judson said as he walked into the living room and saw Sarah's laptop on the living room table. "Where are the girls?"
"There in town they'll be back in time for dinner." Mac said sitting down on the sofa waiting for Judson to tell her whatever it was that he was going to tell her.
"Okay does Sarah remind you of any one?" Judson asked as he sat down beside her.
"Uh...yeah she reminds me of Gabe." Mac emitted.
"Well she sure did to me so I became nosy and went to the records center and got Gabe's and
Sarah's folder. Here read what the sheets that I have marked say." Judson said handing Mac Sarah's folder.
Mac opened it and slowly took out the sheet that Judson had marked. She carefully read it and then looked back at Judson with a shocked expression.
"And she doesn't even know that who her real parents are?" Mac said.
"No and were not going to tell her or Gabe until we discussed this with both of there parents. Understand, and if and when we tell them we tell them at the same time."
"Okay, but I can't believe it Sarah and Gabe are twins." Mac said just as Sarah and Liz walked down the stairs in to the living room.
"What are you guys doing?" Sarah asked. "And what are with those papers?"
"Nothing just some paper work me and Mac have to fill out for the expedition, that's all." Judson said to quickly making Sarah and Liz suspicious.
"Okay." Sarah said going to her and Liz's room. Liz took one more glance at Mac and Judson before walking after Sarah in to the room.
"That was definitely weird." Sarah said falling on to her bed.
"I know what you mean." Liz agreed.
It had been two week's since Gabe had been moved to the intensive care unit. Today he was being put in a regular unit. Christian walked in to Gabe's new room and saw Gabe sitting up in bed with his head resting against the headboard.
"Come on in Christian." Gabe said as he gestured to the bed.
"Christian walked in and sat on the edge of the bed. "You doing okay, no more scares?" Chris asked.
"Yes no more surprise heart attacks. I know that now I have a new job to do. Mac and Judson probably have two new teams member by now." Gabe said with a grin.
"Why what did you do?" Christian asked knowing that his brother was always getting into trouble with his team members.
"Well I met these two girls when I was leaving the harbor and they needed some fast cash to get home and I knew that Mac and Judson would need some extra hands. So I told them to go to the boat and say that I told them that they needed some help." Gabe explained.
"Oh I see." Chris said looking away from Gabe and out the window. "Okay well just for the sake of it what were there name's?" Chris asked still looking out the window.
"One was Sarah and the other name was Liz. I kind of asked Sarah out and well since I've been out of reach for a while she probably thinks I'm some kind of jackass for not answering her calls. So would you be so kind and go to the boat and talk to her. Tell her that I've been really sick and that maybe I had a asthma attack." Gabe said.
"Oh okay, sure thing. You sure that she's at the "Vast Explorer." Chris questioned.
"Yeah check the dock in Beau Harbor if she's not there then they're in Mexico. At St. Maria Harbor"
"Okay just this once, and just because it's you." Christian said with a laugh as he lightly punched
Gabe on the arm and walked out of the room.
Once out in hallway he shimmered out and reappeared in and underground parking lot. He came to his car a Doge Viper and got in. He drove for an hour when he came to the dock in Beau Harbor, he turned the engine off and stepped out of the car and started to walk down the dock hoping that they were still here and sure enough there it was. He came to the gangplank and yelled. "Hey anyone home?"
A figure emerged from the top of the boat. It was Judson.
"Come on up Christian." Judson said as he walked up the plank to the boat. "How you've been and why isn't Gabe with you?"
"Uh yeah Gabe is at the house he had a really bad asthma attack he just got released today and is at home resting."
"Why didn't you call?" Judson asked trying to stop himself from blurting out what he knew. "Well come below and have a cup of coffee." Judson said.
"Well Gabe didn't want to bother you anyway the reason I'm here is that Gabe wanted me to tell
Sarah that Gabe's sorry that he didn't call. I tried her house but no one was home and then Gabe said that they were working for you. He asked her out when they met." Christian said with a smirk.
"Uh Christian there's something that I have to tell you but not up here."
"Oh okay I can't stay long I have to get back to Gabe."
"Fine this won't take long." Judson said starting down the stairs and went in to the kitchen to put on a fresh pot of coffee. "I'm going to go and get Mac I'll be right back."
Christian walked in to the living room and sat down on the sofa. He saw a large brown envelope under the table and pulled it out, but quickly stuffed it back in its hiding place when he saw someone come down the stairs out of the corner of his eye.
"Hi." The person said. As Christian looked up he felt as if he was looking in a mirror image of Gabe, except that this image was female. Same hair color and same eye color. Even the height was about the same. She was a little bit smaller.
"Hi." Christian said as he stood up and shook the young girls hand. "I'm Christian, Gabe's brother."
"Nice to meet you. By the way my name's Sarah, Sarah Patterson."
"I'm here because Gabe wants me to tell you he's sorry about the date and that he'll make it up to you."
"Oh that's okay." Sarah said with a smile. "Well I've got to go, see ya later."
As soon as she walked out of the room Judson came back in with Mac right behind him. Mac sat in the chair in front of Christian and motioned for him to sit.
"Christian I know this is going to come as a shock but well you... here just read this and you'll understand everything." Judson said reaching under the table and pulling out the brown envelope that he had saw earlier. Judson opened it and handed Christian a piece of paper that looked like a document. Christian carefully read over it and then read it again.
"I have a sister and Gabe has a twin?" Chris said with disbelief.
"When Sarah and her friend Liz first came Sarah she reminded me of some one and then I figured it out she reminded me of Gabe. I went to the Record Center and asked for Sarah's and
Gabe's folder and this was what I found. Sarah doesn't know I'm leaving that up to you and Gabe." Judson said.
"Okay, but I'll have to let Gabe know first."
"Okay I understand." Judson said. "But I think that it would be better to tell them together at the same time."
"Fine, but it will have to wait until Gabe is back to full health I don't want him to have another one of his spells." Christian said as he got up from the sofa. "I really have to go now."
"Okay I know this came at a very unexpected time but I believed that you had a right to know.
After all she is your sister." Judson said as he walked Christian to the stairs.
"I know. See you guys later." Christian walked up the stairs and disappeared out of the sight of Judson.